Friday, February 27, 2015

1-27-2015


Mary’s Minute

“Success is not an abstract concept reserved for only a certain few; rather, it is the net value of all of the simple choices we make each day.”

                                                                                ~ Rudy Ferraro

 

We all have the ingredients necessary to find success in life.  Someone recently shared this quote with me, “Success is an open book test.”  Much like the words of Ferraro, it reminds us that we all can be successful – the answers are right in front of us.  Success requires digging deep sometimes to find the answers and always working hard, but it is obtainable.  In today’s world as possibilities for jobs change constantly; success is not as much about the “what” we are going to do, but the “why” and the “how.”  In education today we are preparing students for jobs that do not even exist yet.  We are clearly focused on helping our students be successful, by providing them with skills that help them perform well on the “open book test” of life.  The answers are right there – we just need to give them the tools to find them.  I look at my own life and where my career has taken me, although sometimes I say that I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.  The reason I can laugh about it is that I never set out to be a superintendent.  I really didn’t know “what” I wanted to do, but I knew to some degree how and why I wanted to live and be successful.  I didn’t set out with a clear plan, but each day I made small choices that led me to a job that I love surrounded by people who inspire me.  Success is an open book test – let’s go score a 100%!

Have a great week!

Mary

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